NordVPN vs Private Internet Access

NordVPN and Private Internet Access both list 108 countries. 42 countries are listed only by NordVPN, and 5 only by Private Internet Access.¹

What our measurements show

108 countries are in both lists. Our measurements confirm the listed country for NordVPN in 57 of them and for Private Internet Access in 50. In the rest, no location has been measured yet, or the measurement does not allow a conclusion.
At 63 of NordVPN's measured locations, the server is outside the listed country. NordVPN's own list marks each one as virtual.
For 1 of Private Internet Access's 215 measured locations, the server is outside the listed country. Measurements on two days showed this, and Private Internet Access's list does not mark any of them as virtual.
At 41 of Private Internet Access's measured locations, the server is outside the listed country. Private Internet Access's own list marks each one as virtual.
Both lists mark virtual locations: 58 % of NordVPN's locations and 45 % of Private Internet Access's.
In 31 of the 108 countries both list, servers of both providers are in the same network, for example M247 Europe SRL in the United Arab Emirates. In those countries, switching to the other provider does not get you a different network.
On a first visit, NordVPN's home page loads 0 advertising or analytics services and Private Internet Access's loads 4, before anything is clicked.

From our own data: the server lists we read, our measurements, and our check of each home page. Apps, speed, and streaming are not tested.²

NordVPN
Private Internet Access

Metric	NordVPN	Private Internet Access
Countries	150	113
Countries not listed only as virtual	55	51
Locations	226	215
Servers listed	5,380	545
Marked as virtual	58 %	45 %
Measured	226	215
Matches the country	83	102
Server outside the country	63	42
Networks	15	20
Locations in shared networks	73 %	95 %
In Fourteen Eyes countries	41 %	47 %
Third-party services loaded	1	9
Advertising or analytics services among them	0	4
Lowest price per month	$5.49	$2.03
Per month after the initial term	$11.59	$2.19
Server list source	a public list the provider does not document	the list the provider's own published tools read

A dash: not in the list, or not collected yet.³

Country by country

Each row is a country that both providers list. In each of them, at least one provider has a measured location or both use the same network. The status comes from our own measurement of the server address each provider publishes. “Within … km” means the server is at most that far from the listed country.

Country	NordVPN	Private Internet Access	Same network⁴
Albania	matches the country no conclusion possible within 11 km 2 locations	matches the country within 49 km	no shared network
Algeria	no conclusion possible	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Andorra	no conclusion possible	server outside the country	no shared network
Argentina	matches the country within 45 km	matches the country matches the country within 36 km 2 locations	Latitude.sh
Armenia	no conclusion possible	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Australia	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country within 17 km 5 locations	matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 33 km 7 locations	GSL Networks Pty LTD
Austria	matches the country within 34 km	matches the country matches the country within 45 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Azerbaijan	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Bahamas	no conclusion possible	matches the country within 907 km	no shared network
Bangladesh	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Belgium	matches the country within 423 km	matches the country matches the country within 22 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Bermuda	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Bhutan	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Bolivia	no conclusion possible	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Bosnia & Herzegovina	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Brazil	matches the country within 43 km	matches the country matches the country within 62 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Brunei	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Bulgaria	matches the country within 35 km	matches the country within 40 km	Datacamp Limited
Cambodia	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Canada	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 34 km 4 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 18 km 5 locations	Datacamp Limited
Cayman Islands	no conclusion possible	no finding	no shared network
Chile	matches the country within 97 km	matches the country matches the country within 78 km 2 locations	no shared network
Colombia	matches the country within 61 km	matches the country within 62 km	Datacamp Limited
Costa Rica	virtual, as stated	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Croatia	matches the country within 13 km	matches the country within 5 km	Datacamp Limited
Cyprus	matches the country within 32 km	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Czechia	matches the country within 54 km	matches the country within 55 km	Datacamp Limited
Denmark	matches the country within 19 km	matches the country matches the country within 124 km 2 locations	no shared network
Dominican Republic	matches the country within 40 km	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Ecuador	no conclusion possible	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Egypt	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Estonia	matches the country within 22 km	matches the country within 603 km	no shared network
Finland	matches the country within 78 km	matches the country matches the country within 952 km 2 locations	no shared network
France	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 473 km 4 locations	matches the country matches the country within 748 km 2 locations	no shared network
Georgia	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Germany	matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 330 km 3 locations	matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 358 km 3 locations	Datacamp Limited
Ghana	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Greece	matches the country within 93 km	matches the country within 95 km	Datacamp Limited
Greenland	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Guam	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Guatemala	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Honduras	no conclusion possible	no finding	no shared network
Hong Kong SAR China	matches the country within 175 km	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Hungary	matches the country within 49 km	matches the country matches the country within 32 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Iceland	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible	no shared network
India	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Indonesia	matches the country within 122 km	matches the country within 110 km	no shared network
Ireland	matches the country within 130 km	matches the country within 146 km	Datacamp Limited
Isle of Man	virtual, as stated	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Israel	matches the country within 26 km	matches the country matches the country within 11 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Italy	matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country within 36 km 3 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 29 km 3 locations	GSL Networks Pty LTD
Jamaica	virtual, as stated	no finding	no shared network
Japan	matches the country matches the country within 36 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country within 26 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Jersey	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Kazakhstan	virtual, as stated	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Kenya	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Laos	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Latvia	matches the country within 75 km	matches the country within 67 km	no shared network
Lebanon	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Liechtenstein	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Lithuania	matches the country within 30 km	matches the country matches the country within 25 km 2 locations	no shared network
Luxembourg	matches the country within 876 km	matches the country matches the country within 182 km 2 locations	no shared network
Malaysia	matches the country within 626 km	matches the country within 531 km	no shared network
Malta	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Mexico	matches the country within 143 km	matches the country matches the country within 95 km 2 locations	no shared network
Moldova	matches the country within 732 km	matches the country within 29 km	no shared network
Monaco	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Mongolia	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Montenegro	no conclusion possible	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Morocco	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Myanmar (Burma)	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Nepal	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Netherlands	matches the country within 157 km	matches the country matches the country within 34 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
New Zealand	matches the country within 18 km	matches the country no conclusion possible within 36 km 2 locations	GSL Networks Pty LTD
Nigeria	matches the country within 72 km	virtual, as stated	no shared network
North Macedonia	matches the country within 541 km	matches the country within 23 km	no shared network
Norway	matches the country within 179 km	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Pakistan	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Panama	virtual, as stated	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Peru	matches the country within 29 km	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Philippines	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Poland	matches the country within 108 km	matches the country matches the country within 93 km 2 locations	no shared network
Portugal	matches the country within 39 km	matches the country no conclusion possible within 37 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Puerto Rico	no conclusion possible	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Qatar	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Romania	matches the country within 23 km	no conclusion possible matches the country within 871 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Serbia	matches the country within 18 km	matches the country matches the country within 9 km 2 locations	M247 Europe SRL
Singapore	matches the country within 53 km	matches the country matches the country within 76 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Slovakia	matches the country within 127 km	matches the country matches the country within 47 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Slovenia	matches the country within 7 km	matches the country within 68 km	no shared network
South Africa	matches the country within 31 km	matches the country matches the country within 29 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
South Korea	matches the country within 112 km	matches the country matches the country within 100 km 2 locations	no shared network
Spain	matches the country matches the country within 55 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 41 km 3 locations	Datacamp Limited
Sri Lanka	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Sweden	matches the country within 45 km	matches the country matches the country within 21 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Switzerland	matches the country within 24 km	matches the country matches the country within 15 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Taiwan	matches the country within 11 km	matches the country matches the country within 23 km 2 locations	no shared network
Thailand	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Trinidad & Tobago	no finding	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Türkiye	matches the country within 264 km	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Ukraine	matches the country within 17 km	no conclusion possible	no shared network
United Arab Emirates	matches the country matches the country within 10 km 2 locations	matches the country within 13 km	M247 Europe SRL
United Kingdom	matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 130 km 4 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country within 134 km 5 locations	Datacamp Limited
United States	matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 28 km 55 locations	matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 46 km 56 locations	Clouvider Limited, Datacamp Limited, GSL Networks Pty LTD
Uruguay	no conclusion possible	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Uzbekistan	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Venezuela	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Vietnam	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible 2 locations	virtual, as stated	no shared network

Countries listed by both providers or by only one of them

Countries listed by NordVPN or Private Internet Access

listed by both: 108 (70 %)
only NordVPN: 42 (27 %)
only Private Internet Access: 5 (3 %)

only NordVPN (42)

only Private Internet Access (5)

Networks both use

5 networks host locations from both NordVPN and Private Internet Access.⁴

Clouvider Limited
Datacamp Limited
GSL Networks Pty LTD
Latitude.sh
M247 Europe SRL

NordVPN or Private Internet Access: questions and answers

Which is better, NordVPN or Private Internet Access?

This site does not pick a winner: which one fits depends on what matters to you. NordVPN lists 150 countries, Private Internet Access lists 113. NordVPN's pricing page promises a refund within 30 days, Private Internet Access's within 30 days.

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Which is cheaper, NordVPN or Private Internet Access?

Both state prices in the same currency: NordVPN starts at $5.49 and Private Internet Access at $2.03 per month for the initial term. After the initial term, NordVPN costs $11.59 and Private Internet Access $2.19 per month.

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